Siege of Menagh Air Base

Siege of Menagh Air Base
Part of the Syrian Civil War
Date 2 August 2012 – 6 August 2013 (1 year and 4 days) Location Menagh Air Base, Aleppo, Syria 36°31′19″N 037°2′28″E / 36.52194°N 37.04111°E / 36.52194; 37.04111Coordinates: 36°31′19″N 037°2′28″E / 36.52194°N 37.04111°E / 36.52194; 37.04111 Result Rebel victory Rebels capture the Menagh Air Base
Belligerents
National Coalition Free Syrian Army Al-Nusra Front Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Aug. 2013) Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces
Commanders and leaders
Amar al-Dadikhi (WIA) (Northern Storm Brigade) Abu Marwan (Northern Storm Brigade) Abu Omar al-Chechen Abu Omar al-Shishani (Jaysh al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar and ISIL top commander)	Brig. Gen. Ali Salim Mahmoud † Col. Naji Abu Shaar †
Units involved
Northern Storm Brigade Tawhid Brigades Liwa al-Fatah	12th Armored Brigade
Strength
Hundreds Several hundred Chechen fighters	300 (as of January 2013) 200+ (as of May 2013) 70–120 (as of August 2013)
Casualties and losses
300 killed	94–100 killed
Menagh Air Base Location within Syria

Rebel victory

National Coalition

Al-Nusra Front
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Aug. 2013)

Syrian Arab Republic

Hundreds

300 (as of January 2013)
200+ (as of May 2013)

The Siege of Menagh Air Base (also spelled Menegh, Mannagh, or Minakh) was an armed confrontation between the Free Syrian Army and aligned Islamist rebel groups on one hand, and the Syrian Armed Forces on the other.